Chichester House

Chichester House or Carew's House was a building in College Green (formerly Hoggen Green), Dublin, Ireland, used in the 17th Century to house the Parliament of Ireland. At one time, the building had been owned by Sir George Carew, President of Munster and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. The house itself was built on the site of a nunnery dissolved by King Henry VIII. Carew's House was later purchased by Sir Arthur Chichester and renamed Chichester House. It was used as a temporary home of the Kingdom of Ireland's law courts during the Michaelmas law term in 1605. Documents facilitating the Plantation of Ulster were signed in the house on 16 November 1612. The building, no longer extant, was replaced following the groundbreaking for the new Parliament House, designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, in 1729.

Irish State and Public buildings (pre- & post-independence)
  • Áras an Uachtaráin
  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • Chapel Royal
  • Chichester House
  • Chief Secretary's Lodge
  • Collins Barracks
  • Custom House
  • Dublin Castle
  • Farmleigh
  • Four Courts
  • General Post Office (GPO)
  • Government Buildings
  • Green Street Court House
  • Old Parliament House
  • Leinster House
  • Little Ratra
  • Steward's Lodge
  • Under Secretary's Lodge
Irish parliament houses (1600s–present)
1600s–1800
  • Chichester House (1600s–early 1700s)
  • Blue Coat School (early 1700s–1729)
  • Parliament House (1729–1800)
1919–present
Dublin
  • Mansion House (1919), (1922)
  • UCD (Earlsfort Terrace) (1919–1922)
  • Royal College of Science (1921)
  • Leinster House (1922–present)
Belfast
  • Belfast City Hall (1921)
  • Union Theological College (1921–1932)
  • Stormont (1932–1972), (1999–present)
Historic Irish houses and castles
Connacht
  • Ashford Castle
  • Ballymore Castle
  • Ballymote Castle
  • Castle Hackett
  • Clonalis House
  • Dunguaire Castle
  • Eyrecourt Castle
  • Hazelwood House, Sligo
  • Kilronan Castle
  • Lissadell House
  • Parke's Castle
  • Tyrone House
  • Westport House
Dublin
  • Áras an Uachtaráin
  • Ardgillan Castle
  • Ashtown Castle
  • Carrickmines Castle
  • Castleknock Castle
  • Chichester House
  • Clontarf Castle
  • Deerfield
  • Drimnagh Castle
  • Dublin Castle
  • Farmleigh
  • Frescati House
  • Howth Castle
  • Iveagh House
  • Leinster House
  • Luttrellstown Castle
  • Malahide Castle
  • Manderley Castle
  • Mansion House
  • Mornington House
  • Rathfarnham Castle
  • Swords Castle
Munster
  • Ballyhannon Castle
  • Bantry House
  • Black Castle
  • Blarney Castle
  • Bourchier's Castle
  • Bunratty Castle
  • Cahir Castle
  • Castle Oliver
  • Craggaunowen Castle
  • Croom Castle
  • Desmond Castle
  • Doonagore Castle
  • Dromoland Castle
  • Dunboy Castle
  • Dunlough Castle
  • Fota House
  • Kilcash Castle
  • Kiltinan Castle
  • King John's Castle
  • Knappogue Castle
  • Leamaneh Castle
  • Lismore Castle
  • Moorstown Castle
  • Mount Congreve
  • Muckross House
  • O'Dea Castle
  • Ormonde Castle
  • Parkavonear Castle
  • Redwood Castle
  • Rock of Cashel
  • Ross Castle
Leinster
  • Allenstown House
  • Ardbraccan House
  • Avondale House
  • Bailieborough Castle
  • Ballinlough Castle
  • Barberstown Castle
  • Bargy Castle
  • Bellinter House
  • Belvedere House
  • Bellevue House
  • Birr Castle
  • Carton House
  • Castle Durrow
  • Castle Roche
  • Castletown House
  • Dardistown Castle
  • Darver Castle
  • Dunsany Castle
  • Durhamstown Castle
  • Emo Court
  • Foulksrath Castle
  • Humewood Castle
  • Kilkea Castle
  • Killeen Castle, Dunsany
  • Kilkenny Castle
  • Kilruddery House
  • Kinnitty Castle
  • Leap Castle
  • Loftus Hall
  • Lyons Demesne
  • Maynooth Castle
  • Middleton Park House
  • Portlick Castle
  • Powerscourt House
  • Rock of Dunamase
  • Russborough House
  • Slane Castle
  • Stradbally Hall
  • Straffan House
  • Trim Castle
Ulster
  • Altinaghree Castle
  • Arthur Cottage
  • Bailieborough Castle
  • Ballymoyer House
  • Belfast Castle
  • Blessingbourne House
  • Carrickfergus Castle
  • Castle Caulfield
  • Castle Coole
  • Castle Leslie
  • Castle Saunderson
  • Clandeboye House
  • Cloughoughter Castle
  • Crom Castle
  • Derrymore House
  • Doe Castle
  • Donegal Castle
  • Dundrum Castle
  • Dunluce Castle
  • Florence Court
  • Glenveagh Castle
  • Gosford Castle
  • Grianan of Aileach
  • Hillsborough Castle
  • Lissan House
  • Lough Eske Castle
  • Monellan Castle
  • Mount Stewart
  • Parkanaur House
  • Rossmore Castle
  • Springhill House
  • Tynan Abbey
See also
Historic houses in Northern Ireland
Historic houses in the Republic of Ireland


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